fritter vs snare

fritter

verb
  • To sinter. 

  • To break into small pieces or fragments. 

  • To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. 

  • To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. 

noun
  • A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. 

  • A fragment; a shred; a small piece. 

snare

verb
  • To ensnare. 

  • To catch or hold, especially with a loop. 

noun
  • A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). 

  • A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound. 

  • A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc. 

  • A mental or psychological trap. 

  • A snare drum. 

  • A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. 

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